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How Fat Is Virginia?

The Huffington Post | Erin Ruberry | Posted 06.04.2013 | DC
Read More: Virginia, Northern Virginia Obesity, Health, Obesity Epidemic, Public Health, Virginia Obesity, Obesity Rate, Obesity, Northern Virginia, Overweight, DC News

WASHINGTON -- A new report reveals that residents of Northern Virginia are fat -- and getting fatter. "How Healthy Is Northern Virginia?," a report...

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Jon Ward

Republican Governor Candidate Would Send 'Not Wanted' Signal To Business, Democrat Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 03.13.2013 | Politics
Read More: Virginia, Elections, Cuccinelli Virginia, Ken Cuccinelli Governor, Cuccinelli Mcauliff Governor, Video, Virginia Governors Race, Terry McAuliffe, Ken Cuccinelli, Ken Cuccinelli Terry Mcauliff, Northern Virginia, Cuccinelli Governor, Politics News

LEESBURG, Va. -– Hours after Republican Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling announced that he will not run for governor as an independent, the Democratic...

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Welcomed Into Their 'Homes'

Amanda Andere | Posted 05.06.2013 | DC
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Amanda Andere

Our quest was to find men and women who are chronically homeless around Fairfax County. But what seemed like "deep into the woods" was really only a stone's throw from gated communities and high-end shopping centers that make up the county, one of the nation's wealthiest.

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Matt Sledge

Storm Closes Early Voting In Crucial Democratic Stronghold

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 10.29.2012 | Politics
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NEW YORK -- Hurricane Sandy closed early voting sites in several states on Monday, including in the crucial vote-rich Democratic stronghold of norther...

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Alex Becker

Republicans Learn To Love Romney In Key Swing State

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Becker | Posted 08.07.2012 | Politics
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LEESBURG, Va.-- Republican governors Bob McDonnell (Va.) and Scott Walker (Wis.) took the podium to cheers and waving campaign signs at a rally in a k...

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PHOTOS: The Various Obama Visits To Annandale, Va.

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.13.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- President Obama visited Northern Virginia Community College in suburban Annandale on Monday morning, unveiling his fiscal 2013 budget pr...

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The Have a Heart Project at Workhouse Arts Center

John Gascot | Posted 03.26.2012 | Impact
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John Gascot

We believe that art is a strong vehicle for social change. In our front gallery stands an "Empty Kitchen" installation and we challenge the community to help us fill it.

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Photo Exhibition Brings NoVa Gothic To Artisphere (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 03.26.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- Everitt Clark's black and white photos of Northern Virginia, going on view at Artisphere, will make you see Northern Virginia's suburbs ...

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In Local Races, Democrats Fare Well In Arlington, Fairfax

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.08.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- While all eyes watching the final results in the Virginia Senate, voters in Northern Virginia decided a variety of local races at the po...

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Saki Knafo

What the Government Shutdown Means On The (Very) Local Level

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 06.08.2011 | Politics
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This story was reported in collaboration with our partners at Patch.com. As politicians in Washington fought over proposed cuts to the federal bud...

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Census Bureau Survey Draws Attention to Need for More Proactive Multicultural Approach

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Louis Provenzano

The release this past week of the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) makes it clear that America's ethnic makeup is changing much quicker...

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The Ceremony of Forgetting: Appomattox

Michael Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Michael Kaplan

The sad pageant of Lee's surrender marked the passing of a way of life founded, not "ultimately," but intimately and immediately, on the unpaid labor of a third of the South's population.

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